Improvement in cloth-pressing machines



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PATRICK HOWE. mprovement n Cloth Ironing Machines.

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UNITED STATES .ATENT FFICE.

PATRICK HOWE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTH-PRESSING MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 119,708, dated October 10, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK Hown, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements on Cloth-Pressing Machines, of which the following is a specication:

The nature of my invention relates to improvements on clothing-manufacturers7 pressing-machines, for the purpose of pressing the seams and edges of coats, pants, vests, Ste., in a manner as will now herein be fully shown and described.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a ground plan of my machine, and Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section over the line A B, taken on Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front elevation. Fig. 4 is a ground plan of the supporting bracket d. Fig. 5 is a central longitudinal section over the line C D, taken on Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is an end view of Fig. 5. Figs. 7 and 8 show side and front views of the connecting link n.

Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever they occur in the drawing.

a a is a pair of legs connected and braced together by means of the horizontal brace b b, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. On the top Yof the frames a a is the table c, firmly secured by means of screws or suitable arrangement. At the rear of the table c, and resting thereon, is secured the supporting-bracket d in a manner as shown. The bracket d is shown in detail in Figs. 4, 5, and 6. The bracket d is provided with a sole-plate, e, from which extend upward the sides fj', between which the lever g is movable around the pin h, as shown. The sides f j' extend downward as sides fi i, between which the lever or treadle k is movable around the pin Z, as shown. The whole of the bracket d, sole-plate e, upright sides f j' andi t' are cast together in one piece and secured firmly to the table c by means of the bolts 'm m, as shown. The extreme rear ends of the levers g and k are connected together by means of the forked connecting-link a and pins o p, as shown in Fig. 2. The connecting-link a is shown in detail in Figs. 7 and S. The forward end r of the lever kterminates asa plate or treadle, on which the operator places his foot When the pressingmachine is to be operated. The lever g is connected to the secondary lever s by means of the hinge-pin t in a manner as shown. The lever s is again connected to a third lever, a, by means of the hinge-pin c, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. 1n the end of the lever a is hung the box-iron fw in the following manner: A vertical hole is made through the end of the ley er u, in which the pin x is movable with sufficient play; in the upper end ofthe pin x is attached the handle y, by which arrangement the box-iron w is governed and operated. The pin a is provided with a collar, Z on the under side of the lever u, as shown. Below the collar z the pin x is cut with a screw-thread that is screwed into the frame 1, cast in one piece with the box-iron w. By the arrangement ofthe screw-thread on the pin x 1 am able to raise or lower my box-iron to suit the thickness of the material that Iwish to press. The screw-threaded part of the pin x is provided with a slot-hole, 3, and a pin, 2, (Fig. 1,) is inserted through the hub of the frame 1 and the slot-hole 3, by which arrangement the box-iron w and the pin .e can be coupled firmly together fter the box-iron has.

been raised or lowered to the proper position. A press-board, 4, is secured to the table c in a suitable way, on which the material is placed that is to be pressed. The box-iron w, as well as the levers a s and the treadle r, are together raised automatically, as soon as the operator withdraws his foot from the treadle i', by means ofthe counterweight 5 and the cord 6 passing over the guidingpulleys 7 7. One end of the cord 6 is attached to a weight, 5, and the other endb is attached to an ear, 8, secured to the lever k in a manner as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Broken lines 9 9 9 9 show some ofthe different positions ofthe levers s and a during the operation ofthe machine.

To operate this my improved machine, place the cloth, &c., to be pressed on the press-board 4 and press the treadle r downward the lever 7c, being thus tinned around the fulcrum l, pushes the connection a upward, whereby the lever y is also turned around its fulcrum h, when the levers s u and the box-iron w are together pressed down powerfully on the material resting on the pressboard w. After the material is pressed the operator relieves his foot from the treadle r, when the gravity of the weight 5 raises the treadle r and box-iron fw to the position, as shown in Fig. 2.

Having thus fully described the nature, coneonneetion n, lever g with its fulerum 71 and the struction and operation of my invention, I Wish arms s and u, in a; manner as herein set forth and to secure by Letters Patent, and elaiindescribed.

1. The construction of the bracket d, having PATRICK HOWE. the sole-plate e and sides fj'fz i east in one piece7 i11 combination with the levers g and 7c and link VVitnessesz,

n, for the purpose set forth. v ALBAN ANDRN,

2. The combination of the lever 7c, fulcrum l, WM. H. HUToHINsoN. (110) 

